AOL-Time/Warner's PVR to Skip Ad-Skipping

btempleton writes "Echoing recent comments that PVR users are thieves a story from CNET announces that AOL's set-top box plans may not allow skipping ads. Broadcasters continue to be afraid of the PVR, admitedly with good reason for their current business model. As I point out in my essay on the future of TV, PVRs and Advertising, TV ads are a terrible bargain for the user, paying us about $1.20 per hour of our attention, and something has to change. It's worth noting that they say they like the Tivo over the Replay because the Tivo does not have 30 second skip, but in fact it does."

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Hey this is just another instance of AOL taking after its idol microsoft. As much as I hate to admit microsoft has done good things in bringing computers into every home, we just cant seem to pry the inferior microsoft OS out of them. Here have an OS that will shit itself at every available opportunity...

Why thank you. Should I bend over?